Some suggestions would be great. Its not for me, a family member in their 70s that is capable.
Needs to have IS in either lens or body.
Must be able to work fully off the rear lcd.
Shoots raw
Fuji X20 or the recently launched X30. Nice and compact; well built; good grip; has two macro modes; RAW; OVF(X20) or EVF(X30) and rear LCD; internal IS.
Hi John, Just to add to your comments about the X20, although a really excellent little camera (It's one of the cameras I have) and is capable of producing some really good results.
It is not capable of shooting true macro (1:1) in it's standard form and neither is the new X30. I know the menu says macro & super macro etc and very good they are, they're only close focus modes not true macro which I understand is what the OP is asking about going by the title of his tread.
I've not used a compact for macro (I use a DSLR) but some of the guys on the macro section including gardernershelper use a compact with close up filters on the front of the lens and gets truly excellent results
its definitely worth checking out gardernershelper thread which is a sticky in the macro section
I'm also experimenting with the EOS-M for Macro. Lots of options to customise and the price is very reasonable atm.
There are no dedicated macro lenses in the EF-M mount at the moment, but you can use an EF-M to EF adapter and use any of Canon's EF/EF-S range with it. I've been playing around with reverse mounting the EF-M kit lens and my next task is to pick up so EF-M fit extension tubes....
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